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United Nations Decolonization List

United Nation's Special Committee on Decolonization maintains a list of territories yet to be decolonized, officially called the United Nations list of non-self-governing territories. Can you guess all such territories?
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Last updated: June 12, 2023
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Administering State
Territory
United States
American Samoa
United Kingdom
Anguilla
United Kingdom
Bermuda
United Kingdom
British Virgin Islands
United Kingdom
Cayman Islands
United Kingdom
Falkland Islands
France
French Polynesia
United Kingdom
Gibraltar
United States
Guam
Administering State
Territory
United Kingdom
Montserrat
France
New Caledonia
United Kingdom
Pitcairn
United Kingdom
Saint Helena
New Zealand
Tokelau
United Kingdom
Turks and Caicos Islands
United States
U.S. Virgin Islands
(mostly) Morocco
Western Sahara
3 Comments
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Level 89
Jun 11, 2023
Funny that they left off places like Niue and Palestine.
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Level 73
Jun 12, 2023
Niue used to be on the list but was knocked off when it gained self-rule as a state in free association. Niue currently is independent in every sense except defense and foreign affairs - in which NZ can act behalf of Niue when requested so.

Absence of Palestine is an interesting one, but I suppose this list's purpose was mainly tracking US and European states' possessions dating back to the colonial era. So once the rule of Palestine was assumed by a non-colonial power (Israel, Jordan and Egypt), they didn't see the need to keep it on the list. Though I'm just speculating.

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Level 77
Jun 12, 2023
What about the British Indian Ocean Territory? Is it excluded just because the entire population has been forcibly remnoved?